Catalan Concertinos & Fantasias
Most of the works by the two Catalan composers heard here – Joan Manén (1883–1971) and Marc Migó (b. 1993) – use material from their folk tradition, making the music fresh, immediate and direct, rather in the manner of Manuel de Falla. But there is also a loose connection with Vienna: ...
Composer: Joan Manen (1883-1971)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Shadow Plays (Live at Konzerthaus, Wien / 2020)
Craig Taborn’s Avenging Angel album was widely praised for the fresh ideas it brought to the solo piano idiom. “It reflects Mr Taborn’s galactically-broad interests,” said the New York Times, “along with his multifaceted technique,” while the Guardian saluted Craig’s “genius (there is no other word for it)" and his “world of whispered, wide-spaced figures, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Singer-songwriter Tim Dawn's debut-album includes the hits “To Love Somebody” and “Walking On A Wire”. The inspiration for Everyday Magic came after a trip to Los Angeles, where he worked with several songwriters and producers. Tim writes deep and sensitive songs which are, at the same time, modern and fresh. ...
Genre: Pop
Subgenre: Pop Rock
After scoring his second GRAMMY Award (and 14th nomination) in March 2021, the protean vocalist Kurt Elling hangs an unexpected left turn with SuperBlue for Edition Records. It’s a torrent of roisterous funk, indelible beats and all-too-current lyrics that boasts the talents of producer-guitarist Charlie Hunter ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
VIRTUOSO, a collection of works by Frederic Chopin performed by piano prodigy Dmitry Ishkhanov. Featured on this album are the pieces Ishkhanov cites as Chopin’s most meaningful: the four Mazurkas of Op. 17, the Nocturne in C sharp minor of Op. 27, and the Etudes of Op. 25, considered by many as one of the ...
Composer: Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
The new EP is the second installment to semilucent — a compilation album that came out July 31, 2020. The latest compilation, semilucent 2, features fresh, new artists both homegrown and diasporic. semilucent 2, is a 5-track EP that provides genre-blending acoustics, memorable melodies and high-energy 808s, drawing ...
Genre: R&B
Subgenre: Hip Hop Soul
YES, who are Steve Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison and Billy Sherwood, will release their new studio album THE QUEST. “It is simply an honour for me to have the opportunity to bring together the band members ...
Genre: Rock
Subgenre: Modern Rock
Vocalist ROSEANNA VITRO is a favorite among jazz aficionados and musicians alike. That’s why Cedar Walton has said, “Roseanna Vitro, one of my favorite vocalists, sings with a great feeling for jazz. Her readings on major compositions are monumental.” Her outsized talents and passion for the music are matched only ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Vocal
"Twenty years. It's a lifetime in rock 'n' roll. Long enough to chew up and spit out the artists who don't take it seriously. But also long enough for those who live, breathe and bleed the music to build up an enviable body of work. From his first appearance on the radar back at the turn of the century, when a handful of Danish blues pub-crawlers ...
Genre: Blues
Subgenre: Electric Blues
As the follow-up to his 2019 release "The Golden Rule: For Sonny," Eric Wyatt's "A Song for Hope" is vastly different in both tone and intent. Where the former was a tour de force, a tribute to Sonny Rollins and a straight-ahead blast of straight-ahead bop, Wyatt's new record is more adventurous, colorful, unpredictable, ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
Prestigious ambient electronic project The Album Leaf will release their new album, "One Day XX". The album is a 20th-anniversary edition rework of their career-launching record, One Day I’ll Be On Time. When approaching the rework, The Album Leaf creator Jimmy LaValle brought in longtime collaborator James McAlister ...
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: Ambient
Dedicated celebrates the group's momentous 10-year-anniversary, the album's namesake an apt nod to 2CELLOS' continued dedication to each other, their fans, the instrument and their signature playing style. The news arrives on the heels of their latest single releases, "Demons," a haunting version of the Imagine ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Classical Crossover
Frizzante: Celebrating Vocal Music
Cheers! Our Frizzante anniversary compilation brings you some fresh and vibrant vocals from the likes of Piotr Beczala, Magdalena Kozena, Lise Davidsen, Ian Bostridge and Ann Hallenberg, for our Vocal Music Celebration. With just the right amount of crisp and bubbly repertoire to get you in the mood to sing ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Compilations
Limoncello: Celebrating Chamber Music
Time for an aperitif with friends including Julia Fischer, Martin Helmchen, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Francesco Piemontesi and Signum Quartett as our Limencello anniversary compilation bring you the fresh and fragrant sounds of our Chamber Music Celebration! ...
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Compilations
With Late Style, Wesley Stace, the artist formerly known as John Wesley Harding, has done things differently. Having begun to put some new lyrics to music, in his usual way, singing to an acoustic guitar, he realized he was coming up with old solutions, reinventing a wheel he had already made, with chord progressions and melodies ...
Genre: Songwriter
Subgenre: Contemporary
Heard Again for the First Time
From compelling solo interpretations to dramatic instrumental flourishes, saxophonist Paul Cohen revives original works for saxophone that were lost or unknown for decades. On HEARD AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME, Cohen is joined by the Eastern Wind Symphony under Todd Nichols and an impressive roster of soloists ...
Composer: Ingolf Dahl (1912-1970), Marguerite Roesgen-Champion (1894-1976), Charles Martin Loeffler (1861–1935), Steve Cohen (1941)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Elvis Costello and award-winning producer, Sebastian Krys, have brought together a stunning international cast of some of the biggest Latin rock and pop artists from around the globe to interpret Elvis Costello and The Attractions’ album, This Year’s Model, entirely in Spanish. Spanish Model features such artists as: Cami, Draco Rosa, Fito Páez, Francisca Valenzuela ...
Genre: Latin
Subgenre: Alternativo & Rock Latino
Between tradition and modern: Multi-award-winning pianist Víkingur Ólafsson turns his attention to the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Ólafsson presents some of his favourite Mozart keyboard works in the company of pieces by a selection of the composer’s leading contemporaries. Juxtaposing works by Mozart, Haydn and C.P.E. Bach ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788), Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801), Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Guitarist Slava Grigoryan embarks on a major new recording series surveying the music of JS Bach, beginning with the beloved Cello Suites. This album is the result of Grigoryan’s decades-long love affair with the Suites, music which has accompanied him throughout his life. Reflecting on Bach’s music, he says: ‘I’m constantly staggered by the universe of ...
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Genre: Guitar
Subgenre: Classical Guitar
Saxophonist Joe Lovano and trumpeter Dave Douglas debuted their extraordinary Sound Prints quintet on Blue Note Records in 2013, the year of Wayne Shorter’s 80th birthday, and from the outset the group had a joyful but somewhat imposing mandate: to lift up Shorter’s legacy through the writing and performance of new music ...
Genre: Jazz
Subgenre: Contemporary Jazz
